The Roots bandleader spoke about directing his first documentary, the filmmakers who gave him advice and details about the Harlem Cultural Festival that didn’t make it to film. The new music documentary Summer of Soul (…or when the revolution would not be televised) has only been available to the public for one week and it’s…
OPINION: In a country that cannot control its white supremacy problem, an existential threat to this nation’s multiracial democracy, the focus is always on the Black boogeyman Six months after a mob of white folks tried to take over the federal government, white right-wing domestic terrorism remains the greatest threat to America. And yet, America…
What’s in store with the new “Black Panther” sequel may not just come as a surprise to fans. For now at least, it seems even the movie’s talent, such as veteran actress Angela Bassett, isn’t clear on “what it’s going to look like at all.” In a Wednesday, July 7, interview with “Entertainment Tonight,” Bassett…
The company planning to build the Byhalia Connection pipeline announced plans to ditch the project on Friday after the mostly Black south Memphis community put up a persistent fight against the project, believing it would expose residents to environmental risks. “The stars aligned for this fight,” said Ward Archer, founder of Protect Our Aquifer. “Sometimes…
Lee Mouat confronted a group of Black teens, used racial slurs and said Black people had no right to use the beach before striking Devin Freelon A white man has been sentenced to five years in prison for attacking a Black teenager with a bike lock because of his race at a southeastern Michigan park. A…
The frontman of The Roots gives insight into his life, career, and hip-hop history in a new audio memoir dropping on July 8. What do author Richard Wright and rapper Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter have in common? They are both peerless wordsmiths, with uncanny ability to harness their humble and volatile upbringings as Black men…
Bryan Anthony Rhoden, a rapper who rhymes as B. Rod, was charged for the murders of three men A 23-year-old aspiring rapper has been charged for the murders of three men, who were killed earlier this week at a Georgia golf course. The shooting deaths of Gene Siller, 46, the director of golf at Pinetree…
The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its…
Source: Brandon Bell / Getty Less than a year after Stacey Abrams helped flip the state of Georgia blue for the first time in decades, that state’s Republican governor apparently thinks attacking her will somehow translate to his re-election. At least, that was the indication based on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp‘s first ad for his…
“Smart Guy” star Mowry, who dated Rivera for four years, shared a photo of the former couple on his Instagram page. Celebrities paid tribute on Thursday to late actress Naya Rivera, who tragically drowned in Lake Piru, just north of Los Angeles, one year ago. The Glee actress, 33, had gone out on an afternoon…
